【正文】 you have just kiled t hat child ! 39。M r Eam es,39。J ust one m or e t hing, M r Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a child suddenly cr osses t he r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he window, I want t he car t o be st opped im m ediat ely.39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 Ther e39。l e wit h you, 39。m going to the dentist.39。 I lied, 39。 Would you m ind m y ing wit h you ?39。 I 39。 No, not at al, 39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he m or ni guntil I saw you. You39。 Hul lo, Elizabet h,39。 I said. 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puf f in is a m oder n aer o plane, but it s designer, M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif f icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I t s pilot has t o pedal har d t o get it int o t he air . Af t er M r W im penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t horoughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr af t o f ly half a m ile. While being f lown by a cham pion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air f ield. Since t hen, M r Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he lengt h of t he wings incr eased so t hat hey now m easur e 93 f eetalm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. M any people have shown i t er est in t his new and unusual spor t . But t hough air cyclist s m ay lear n how t o f ly over short dist ances, and m ay, event ualy, even get acr oss t he English Channel, it is doubt f ul whet her t hey wil ever cycle acr oss t he At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief f t he Polish scient ist , has spent his lif e t im e st udying act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of t he wor ld. I n 1948, he went t o lake Kivu in t he Congo t o obser ve a new volcano which he lat er nam ed Kit ur o. Tazief f was able t o set up his cam p ver y close t o t he volcano while it was er upt ing violent ly. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of bril iant phot ographs, he could not st ay near t he volcano f or ver y long. He not iced t hat a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owar ds him . I t t hreat ened t o sur r ound him plet ely, but Tazief f m anaged t o escape just in t im e. He wait ed unt il t he volcano becam e quiet and he was able t o r et ur n t wo days lat er. This t im e, he m anaged t o clim b int o t he m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em per at ur es. Tazief f has of t en r isked his l if e in t his way. He has been able t o t ell us m or e about active volcanoes than any m an alive. Lesson68 Per si t ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st r eet t o avoid m eet ing him , but he saw m e and cam e r unning t owar ds m e. I t was no use pr et ending t hat I had not seen him , so Iwaved t o him . Inever enjoy m eet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No m at er how busy you ar e, he always insist s on ing wit h you. Ihad t o t hink of a way of pr event ing him f r om f olowing m e ar ound al m or ning. 39。so it was f or t unat e t hat we didn39。J umbo m ust weigh a f ew t ons, 39。guar d of honour39。t . Geof r ey asked her why t his was so and she t old him t hat she did not like t o see so m any people laughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a Fr ench engineer , Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar rived in England wit h a plan f or a t went y one m ile t unnel acr os t he English Channel. He said t hat i would be possible t o bui ld a plat f or m in t he cent r e of t he Channel. This plat f orm would ser ve as a por t and a r ailway st at ion. The t unnel would be well vent ilat ed if t al chim neys wer e built above sea level. I n 1860, a bet t er plan was put f or ward by an Englishm an, Wilam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve t he pr oblem of ventilat ion, f or if a t r ain ent er ed t his t unnel, it would dr aw in f r esh air behind it . For ty t wo years lat er a t unnel was act ualy begun. I f , at t he t im e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t here has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , it wil l connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st im e in hist or y. Lesson65 J um bo ver sus t he police 小象對警察 Last Christ m as, t he cir cus owner , J im m y Gat es, decided t o t ake some pr esent s t o a childr en39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f at her , he was dr iving a car caled Bluebir d. Lesson73 The r ecord holder 紀錄保持者 Lit t le boys who play t r uant f rom school ar e unim aginat ive. A quiet day39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bulf ight , a dr unk suddenly wandered int o t he middle of t he r ing. The crowd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger . The bul was busy wit h t he m at ador at he t im e, but it suddenly caught sight of t he drunk who was shouting r ude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparent ly sensit ive t o cr it icism, t he bul f or got al about t he m at ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The drunk, however , seemed quit e sure of him self . When t he bul got close t o him , he clum sily st epped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheer s and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hr ee m en had e int o t he r ing and t hey quickly dr aged t he drunk t o safety. Even t he bul seem ed t o f eel sor ry f or him , f or it looked on sym pat heticaly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e t urning it s at tent ion t o the m atador. Lesson71 A f am ous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st hings you wil see is Big Ben, t he f am ous clock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. I f the Houses of Par liam ent had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat clock would